Sharon Horgan Boards Jamie O’Rourke’s Oscar-Qualified Short ‘Calf’ As Executive Producer

Matt Grobar

10 December 2024 at 4:03 pm·2-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Horgan, co-creator and writer of the series Bad Sisters, Motherland and Catastrophe, has boarded the Oscar-qualified live-action short Calf as executive producer.

Written and Jamie O’Rourke, the domestic abuse-themed Irish short is set way out in the countryside, a place where the worst things are silenced, where a sinister farm accident leaves Cáit with a terrible decision to make.

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Produced by Ronan Cassidy of Carbonated Comet for Virgin Media Television in association with Screen Ireland, the film stars Isabelle Connolly (God’s Creatures) and Kate Nic Chonaonaigh (The Quiet Girl). It was funded by Virgin Media and Screen Ireland under the Virgin Discovers film fund. Other exec producers include Sinead Stimpfig and Daniel Lloyd for Virgin and Andrew Byrne of Screen Ireland.

Calf qualified for the Oscars longlist after winning numerous awards, including International Danzantes at the Huesca Film Festival and Best Short at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards.

In a statement to Deadline, Horgan said, “CALF got under my skin and stayed with me for days. Jamie is a true, singular, talent and it’s a privilege to get to be part of the team around this brutal but beautiful piece of work.”

Currently, Horgan can be seen starring in the second season of Apple’s Irish dark comedy Bad Sisters, which premiered in November. For her work on the first season, she won a Peabody Award and a BAFTA, also garnering a pair of Emmy nominations and two from the WGA. Rumored to be eyed for the role of Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall in HBO’s highly anticipated Harry Potter series, the Irish multi-hyphenate co-founded the production company Merman and is repped by WME, United Agents in the UK, and Nelson Davis.

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